Fool\'s Errand Design
An awesome portfolio site for a freelance designer. The unique approach to layout here is fascinating and works well to get visitors engaged. The entertaining, and slightly tongue in cheek, tagline makes an immediate impact.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Orishiki (Clutch bag)
A fascinating design for a clutch bag. It's made from a single piece of two dimensional structure, constructed of triangular segments which can be folded like origami. The concept is intriguing, although it remains to be seen whether it can take off as a fashion item.
Posted in Interface → Other
Robert Ari
A clean and stylish site for a North London based hairdressers. I like the use of a monochrome scheme for the background, it really helps the photographs to make an impact. I particularly like the intuitive design and how easy it is to grasp what the site is for.
Posted in Web Design → Misc
Jorge Riera
A fascinating site for a graphic/web designer. It manages to make you genuinely feel like he's sitting right in front of you. I like the simplicity of the site although some of the sporadic aspects, the 'Like' box for example, can make it feel a little messy.
Posted in Web Design → Portfolio
Lemonjam
While white on yellow is a rare colour selection, possibly because of the inherent lack of contrast, this logo concept really works for me. I love the boldness of the design and how well it works with the name! While the colour makes a great impact, the lemon logo could make a stronger statement were the designer to drop the detail on the lemon segments.
Posted in Branding → Logo
Moshi*Matic
An absolutely fascinating design for a washing machine that's controlled by a computer running on Android. The overall design is incredibly futuristic and edgy, but I love it! The use of coloured sections and detailing looks just great, while the Android panel and remote control concept is really interesting.
Posted in Interface → Other
Pinco Doce Interactive Catalogue
A brilliant interactive catalogue for a supermarket. The touchscreen layout is intuitive and makes great use of colour to differentiate between different sections of the supermarket. I'd love to play with it and see what the animation effects are like. The weighting and dynamics of the appearing categories could make or break this design.
Posted in Interface → Other
Nike+ Sport Band
A absolutely stunning concept for a sports band that integrates with the Nike+ system. I love the colour and variety in the other potential designs, although the orange and black one does it for me! The incorporation of the USB memory is an ingenious idea that purely enhances the user experience.
Posted in Interface → Other
Wes Bos
A stylish personal blog and portfolio for a web designer and developer. I like the boldness of the background colour, the circular headshot, and the intuitive layout. It's always good when you can garner what the site is for in a couple of seconds!
Posted in Web Design → Blog
The City Is Burning
A bold HTML5 site for a web designer that has clearly had a lot of attention given to it. I like impact that the header makes and clear way the site leads you through. A good example of a how a single column layout can work.
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Pixel Stadium
A clean and well though out site for a web designer. The use of a large focal header works well to draw in the attention of any potential clients. I particularly like the use of typeface throughout.
Posted in Web Design → Design
In the Lost & Found
A great site for a self confessed 'curious designer'. I really like the framing of the body of the site by a textured header and footer, they add interest but keep the content uncluttered. Using a small gallery of recent projects is a great way to add life to any design based site and immediately draws in any visitors.
Posted in Web Design → Design
Drexler
This design and development company utilises a rather interesting user interface to engage visitors to the site. The content is laid out in a horizontal slideshow for which you can, if you like, use your arrow keys. I like the overall simplicity of the idea, although using your arrow keys is perhaps a little gimmicky.
Posted in Interface → Site Navigation
*Twodesigners*
A brilliantly stylish and simple site a pair of industrial product, graphic, and space designers. I love the simple monochrome approach and stylised sketch as the focal point. The restrained home page works well with only three of their most recent works being shown in the gallery section.
Posted in Web Design → Design
the works of Roel Wouters
A fascinating approach to site navigation that aims to engage users through its unique and disjointed layout. I like the odd design of this site and its quirky appeal. Making a site intentionally unintuitive can sometimes work to further engage visitors, a portfolio site like this is the perfect candidate for such an experiment.
Posted in Interface → Site Navigation
Gatilho
An almost surprisingly bright and vibrant site for a design agency. The use of colour and graphical detail is fascinating and really helps to draw you into the site. It might divide opinion but it won't fail to make an impact!
Posted in Web Design → Design
Tyler Jones Studio
A beautifully minimalistic site for a furniture designer. I love the straightforward use of photography and the way in which the site allows the furniture to make an impact. The purity of the site is almost striking and appeals immediately due to its clean and intuitive layout.
Posted in Web Design → Misc